Silverman: John Fox 7th best coach in the NFL

7. John Fox, Denver – Somehow Fox found a way for the Denver Broncos to win the AFC West last season with a quarterback in Tim Tebow who could not throw the ball straight. They even won a playoff game against the Steelers. Fox’s strength is his ability to work with a defense and put that unit in a position to succeed. He also understands motivation and the human condition. Remember, he took the Panthers to the Super Bowl and now he’s got Peyton Manning on his side. It could be a year to remember in the Rockies.

Silverman ranks these coaches going into 2012, so one assumes a lot of this has to do with 2011's results.

It's hard to tell, though. He also has Mike Shanahan ranked #10 on the list and writes: "This is largely based on what he did in his previous coaching tenure in Denver and that is now ancient history."

Yes it could. Zombie infestations of major cities tend to be memorable events.

Posted by ohiobronco on 2012-06-13 09:39:24

When I click on it it rotates me to the article on Tom Moore.

I've been having issues for the past few days.. on email responses I get to my posts..

hopefully they will get it fixed soon....

Posted by Lonestar47 on 2012-06-13 01:36:42

The link is a bit busted (for me at least); I think you need an http:// at the start so that it's not tacked onto the IAOFM domain.

Posted by Ian Overgard on 2012-06-13 00:34:24

Fox is a good Head Coach.. I'm not sure he can take a team and "up coach" it and in particular this coming team, to the super bowl.

If he can, then all is well and on his way to the HOF..

But the combined youth on the team, 7th DC in 7 years ( although this one is a keeper), lack of QUALITY depth at almost all spots and a brutal schedule makes me think NO super bowl this year..

Perhaps with another good to great off season next year things should fall into place.. lots of this years kiddies will have another year experience, our conditioning program will have had a year to prove itself and everyone will have both of the schemes O& D down pretty pat..

Posted by Lonestar47 on 2012-06-12 21:13:42

So. Much. Facepalm.

Posted by Sam on 2012-06-12 20:52:17

And the point of that was??

Posted by Gentleman_Bronco on 2012-06-12 20:20:34

Tebow was lucky he was playing crappy teams and that the defense and special teams kept his lousy offense in the game. Tebow's major contribution was running the plays that Fox and McCoy put together to make their non-passing QB effective.

Luckily, the Broncos can play a game of NFL-caliber football this season, and we're done with the gimmick offense.

Posted by John Tomasik on 2012-06-12 20:19:52

LOL - that's terrible

Posted by chantech on 2012-06-12 20:19:41

Somehow Tebow found a way for the Denver Broncos to win the AFC West last season with a coach, John Fox who could not think straight. They even won a playoff game against the Steelers. Tebow’s strength is his ability to work with an offense and put that unit in a position to succeed. He also understands motivation and the human condition. Remember, he took the Gators to the National Championship and now he’s got the Jets on his side. It could be a year to remember in New York.

Posted by AliciaSS on 2012-06-12 20:02:21

It don't matter, we'll see what happens pretty soon. If Fox was #7 based on what he did with Tebow, imagine what he'll be with Manning ??